diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 23dc4e4..d0a8fae 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2015-03-26  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Control.plist:
+	* EcCommand.m:
+	* EcProcess.h:
+	* EcProcess.m:
+	New options for dealing with I/O.  In EcProcess we can set
+	EcKeepStandardError to keep the stderr stream separate from the
+	debug logging file.
+	When a process is launched from the Command server, we can define
+	KeepStandardInput, KeepStandardOutput, and KeepStandardError flags
+	in the task info to stop the standard streams from being closed.
+
 2015-03-19  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* EcProcess.m:
diff --git a/Control.plist b/Control.plist
index 1e2c18b..5bbe635 100644
--- a/Control.plist
+++ b/Control.plist
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 	  Home = "~xxx/Test";				// Directory to run in
 	  Args = ("-Debug", "YES");			// Args to launch with
 	  Auto = NO;					// Auto-launch?
+          KeepStandardInput = YES;                      // Don't close stdin
+          KeepStandardOutput = YES;                     // Don't close stdout
+          KeepStandardError = YES;                      // Don't close stderr
 	};
 	Bar = {
 	  Prog = "Bar";                         	// RName of binary
diff --git a/EcCommand.m b/EcCommand.m
index c0e2db7..b09edc1 100644
--- a/EcCommand.m
+++ b/EcCommand.m
@@ -1965,9 +1965,26 @@ static NSString*	cmdWord(NSArray* a, unsigned int pos)
 		    }
 		  if (prog != nil)
 		    {
-		      [task setStandardInput: hdl];
-		      [task setStandardOutput: hdl];
-		      [task setStandardError: hdl];
+                      NSString  *s;
+
+                      s = [taskInfo objectForKey: @"KeepStandardInput"];
+                      if (NO == [s respondsToSelector: @selector(boolValue)]
+                        || NO == [s boolValue])
+                        {
+                          [task setStandardInput: hdl];
+                        }
+                      s = [taskInfo objectForKey: @"KeepStandardOutput"];
+                      if (NO == [s respondsToSelector: @selector(boolValue)]
+                        || NO == [s boolValue])
+                        {
+                          [task setStandardOutput: hdl];
+                        }
+                      s = [taskInfo objectForKey: @"KeepStandardError"];
+                      if (NO == [s respondsToSelector: @selector(boolValue)]
+                        || NO == [s boolValue])
+                        {
+                          [task setStandardError: hdl];
+                        }
 		      if (home != nil && [home length] > 0)
 			{
 			  [task setCurrentDirectoryPath: home];
diff --git a/EcProcess.h b/EcProcess.h
index 133f12f..fcc6065 100644
--- a/EcProcess.h
+++ b/EcProcess.h
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@
               number of open file descriptors has been reached, rather
               than waiting for the operating system imposed limit.
 	    </desc>
+	    <term>EcKeepStandardError</term>
+	    <desc>
+              This boolean value determines whether the standard error output
+              should be kept as it is on process startup, or should be merged
+              with the local debug log to file.<br />
+              The default (EcKeepStandardError set to NO) is to merge the
+              standard error logging with the debug logging.
+	    </desc>
 	    <term>EcMemory</term>
 	    <desc>
 	      This boolean value determines whether statistics on creation
diff --git a/EcProcess.m b/EcProcess.m
index 7c5bae6..365e44f 100644
--- a/EcProcess.m
+++ b/EcProcess.m
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ static BOOL		cmdFlagDaemon = NO;
 static BOOL		cmdFlagTesting = NO;
 static BOOL		cmdIsQuitting = NO;
 static BOOL		cmdIsRunning = NO;
+static BOOL		cmdKeepStderr = NO;
 static NSInteger        cmdQuitStatus = 0;
 static NSString		*cmdInst = nil;
 static NSString		*cmdName = nil;
@@ -1514,7 +1515,7 @@ static NSString	*noFiles = @"No log files to archive";
        * As a special case, if this is the default debug file
        * we must set it up to write to stderr.
        */
-      if ([name isEqual: cmdDebugName] == YES)
+      if (NO == cmdKeepStderr && [name isEqual: cmdDebugName] == YES)
 	{
 	  int	desc;
 
@@ -3741,6 +3742,11 @@ NSLog(@"Ignored attempt to set timer interval to %g ... using 10.0", interval);
 	    }
 	}
 
+      /* See if we should keep stderr separate, or merge it with
+       * our debug output (the default).
+       */
+      cmdKeepStderr = [cmdDefs boolForKey: @"KeepStandardError"];
+
       if (nil == noNetConfig)
 	{
 	  noNetConfig = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity: 4];